Crash helmets and parachutes as well until the plane makes a few flights and is determined human safe.

Just standard procedure. I just can not imagine if they really did have a serious event how you would move about the plane to the escape hatch in high g's or zero g's.
When they did the video's of the first 380 flights it was fun watching the engineers and tech's try to put their gear on.

Quoting skyhawk62507 (Reply 60):She certainly doesn't appear to be the brightest bulb, though I do appreciate the numerous shots of her legs.

Airbus choice.
These French men are really having trouble with English. They should have had them speaking French and hired a professional translator for simultaneous translation. This whole presentation isn't really great.
Looking forward to the flight. I hope it will not be all talk all morning!

Quoting tortugamon (Reply 62):hese guys look like they are having such a good time. Almost like its a party. Definitely not what I would have expected from the first crew. Glad they are relaxed though.

Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 63):Airbus choice. These French men are really having trouble with English. They should have had them speaking French and hired a professional translator for simultaneous translation. This whole presentation isn't really great.Looking forward to the flight. I hope it will not be all talk all morning!

Quoting ZRH (Reply 26):
That's the problem with all this boring two-holers. The 787 looks like a blown up 767. Though I am sure that both aircrafts are excellent in the performance. This is important and not the sights.

actually i thought the 787 looked pretty unique...i didnt really get a 767 vibe from it at all.

Ah stop whining. Its not in the UK so why should we expect an English accent or English in the first place?
Hearing things in English isnt a right. People often forget that.

We should be happy that Toulouse have provided us with this.

And for those that says her english isnt up to scratch, it sure beats most regional dialects up north... And dont talk to me about Scottish English. Bought a railway ticket in Glasgow the other month and never understood a word.
The scottish lad that served me spoke some accent that was as comprehensible as Estonian to me.

Another milestone of my life marked off with the first flight of an aircraft. Last time the 380, then 787 and now the 350. Absolutely outstanding!

Congratulations Airbus - a spectacular job and complete and utter credit to the regular contributors who have kept the progress and development of the A350 at the forefront of airliners.net members minds.

Looks good so far! If Airbus can get this plane flying over the Paris Air Show this coming week they're gong to get a LOT of new orders for this plane. That's why I'm holding out hope that LH will order the A359 to replace the now-agign A340-300 fleet.

was much better watching live coverage on German N-TV. Except for that "expert" who mentioned that it was a good day for Beoing ehh Airbus of course. No kidding. Well, may be in the long run he's right.

As a Boeing man, I must say the A350, especially in the air is very easy to look at. Always a great day in aviation when a first flight takes place regardless of the manufacturer!!! Lastly, happy to finally join the airliners community!!

Quoting teme82 (Reply 179):Compared the to the A330 of Cebu Pacific. The A350 was quieter.

That's not surprising--the Trent XWB, because of its much larger fan size compared to the A330 engines, allows the engine to turn its front fan at a slower speed. That right there means lower noise levels.

No, the flight will last 4 hours and test many things, including this (allowing to then test higher speeds). They just wait to have tested that she's flying fine before trying to retract the gear, if you need an emergency landing that's one thing less to worry about.

Quoting Aesma (Reply 193):No, the flight will last 4 hours and test many things, including this (allowing to then test higher speeds). They just wait to have tested that she's flying fine before trying to retract the gear, if you need an emergency landing that's one thing less to worry about.

Quoting BoeingVista (Reply 254):Quoting Wolbo (Reply 239):
10:36:38 - entering the airspace of her other 'mother country'. Just 37 minutes into her first flight and she's already visited five countries. This baby is fast...

5 counties? She hasn't left France yet..

Exactly. The light borders it's crossing that you see on FR24 are the French departments, not different countries.

Quoting slinky09 (Reply 245):Am I missing something? According to FR24 she hasn't left France yet ....

Someone posted a wrong FR24 link that I clicked on. Sorry for the confusion. In about five hours time I would have started to wonder why the first flight went all the way to Kazakhstan...

Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 249):Good thing we have the FR3 feed to see the airplane in fflight.
The Airbus feed shows almost none of the live flight, if only very little....

That's a pity indeed. I'm sure almost all of us here would just like to see the life flight. The stuff they are broadcasting now is interesting but could have been shown at a different time. Or why not have two separate feeds with one raw feed just showing the flight and the other with all the extras?